New MD at LKAB Wassara

Peter Söderman has been appointed Managing Director for LKAB Wassara effective from September 1st.

Peter has extensive experience from leading successful teams in LKAB. At the same time as Peter steps into the role on September 1st, current MD, Stefan Swartling, will assume a business development role. Stefan will be responsible for and able to fully focus on this key area, a role he was originally recruited to manage.

Peter Söderman has been employed within LKAB since 1991 in different roles. Since 2007 Peter has been Managing Director of LKAB Berg & Betong, a group of companies consisting of LKAB Berg & Betong (full service solutions for the mining and construction industries), LKAB Kimit (explosive products) and LKAB Mekaniska (mechanical engineering).

“I look forward to leading LKAB Wassara, it is a high tech organisation with competent co-workers and the water powered drilling systems are strategically very important for LKAB’s production. In addition it is a very exciting product with many environmental benefits for drilling in other civil engineering and construction projects, something I believe has a bright future” says Peter Söderman.

You find they full version of the press release attached as PDF-files, in both English and Swedish.